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Security report for smashdigital.com

Smash Digital · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Smash Digital is a specialized SEO agency focused on building high-authority backlinks and scalable SEO growth strategies for businesses. With over a decade of domain maturity and a team of entrepreneurial SEO experts, they position themselves as a trusted partner for organic traffic growth. The website is built on WordPress with Elementor, hosted on WPX Hosting, and integrates modern technologies such as Google Tag Manager and Wistia for video content. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS and SPF configured, but lacks advanced SSL features like HSTS and OCSP stapling, and is missing DMARC and DNSSEC implementations. Privacy compliance is partial, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism detected. Overall, the site is professional, content-rich, and trustworthy, but could improve security and privacy practices to enhance compliance and protection.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
43/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
72
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
43
Average
62

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company targets businesses seeking effective SEO and backlink strategies, leveraging their own entrepreneurial experience managing 17+ companies. Their business model is service-based, focusing on backlink building, SEO audits, and growth strategies. Market positioning is strong with a mature domain and client testimonials from notable entrepreneurs. The partnership with smash.vc indicates a broader investment or venture ecosystem. Marketing tools include Drip and Google Tag Manager, supporting lead generation and analytics. The company emphasizes transparency and no-nonsense service, differentiating from typical SEO agencies with long contracts and low-value links.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS with TLS 1.3 and 1.2 protocols, hosted on WPX Cloud with LiteSpeed server technology. SPF records are valid, reducing email spoofing risk. However, the absence of HSTS, OCSP stapling, DMARC, and DNSSEC reduces the overall security robustness. No security.txt or incident response contacts are published, limiting transparency for vulnerability reporting. No known SSL vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The site uses modern JavaScript libraries and plugins but does not show signs of vulnerable or outdated components. Overall, security posture is moderate but can be improved with additional best practices and compliance measures.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling to improve SSL certificate revocation checks and reduce latency.
  3. Add a DMARC DNS record to enhance email security and prevent phishing attacks.
  4. Deploy DNSSEC to protect DNS integrity and prevent spoofing.
  5. Publish a security.txt file with incident response contact information to facilitate vulnerability reporting.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with Elementor page builder and Yoast SEO plugin, indicating a modern and flexible content management approach. Hosting is provided by WPX Cloud with LiteSpeed server technology, supporting good performance and scalability. The site uses Google Tag Manager for analytics and Drip for marketing automation. Video content is embedded via Wistia. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and uses Google Fonts for typography. Performance metrics are moderate with no explicit load time data but optimized caching via W3 Total Cache. Accessibility features are basic, with some ARIA roles and skip links present. SEO optimization is good with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data implemented. Technical debt is low, but improvements in security and privacy compliance are recommended.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 68/100 −1Medium28 findingsView report
  2. 69/100Medium27 findingsView report
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